PARIS (Reuters) - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday welcomed Los Angeles' decision to offer to host the 2028 Olympic Games but stopped short of saying the 2024 Olympics were in the bag for Paris, saying instead that talks would continue throughout August. Using the #Paris2024 twitter handle in a series of Tweets, Hidalgo said: "Discussions will continue between our two cities and the IOC throughout August to reach a tripartite deal." The co-chair for Paris' 2024 Olympics bid, Tony Estanguet, went a bit further, saying in a statement that all the efforts made on Paris' bid "allowed us to convince the IOC of the merits of awarding the organisation of the 2024 Olympics to Paris". Estanguet, Hidalgo and the Paris bid committee all insisted that talks would continue with Los Angeles and the IOC. "We are very respectful of the process," the official in Hidalgo's office said in explaining Paris' caution.

Source: The Star July 31, 2017 21:06 UTC